There’s no need to wait for higher speed. Server builders can take advantage of 12Gb/s SAS now. And this is even as HDD and SSD makers continue to tweak, tune and otherwise prepare their 12Gb/s SAS products for market. The next generation of 12Gb/s SAS without supporting drives? What gives?

It’s simple. LSI is already producing 12Gb/s ROC and IOC solutions, meaning that customers can take advantage of 12Gb/s SAS performance today with currently shipping systems and storage. As for the numbers, LSI 12Gb/s SAS enables performance increases of up to 45% in throughput and up to 58% in IOPS when compared to 6Gb/s SAS.